github-api-request.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Request Github Api
#
# Usage:
#   shells/request.sh <GET|POST> <api> [params]
#
# Sample:
#   ./shells/request.sh POST merges \
#               "{\"base\":\"master\",\"head\":\"develop\",\"commit_message\":\"$message\"}"

GithubApi="https://api.github.com"

# Read creditions from env GITHUB_AUTH = "<username>:<token>"
auth=${GITHUB_AUTH}
repo=${GITHUB_REPO}

method=${1:="GET"}
api=$2
params=$3

case $api in
  (http*) : path=$api;;
  *) path="${GithubApi}/repos/${repo}/${api}" ;;
esac

case "$method" in
  POST | PUT | PATCH) has_stdin=1;;
esac

curl -nsSi \
  -u $auth \
  ${has_stdin:+-d ${params}} \
  -X "${method}" \
  "${path}"